Tyres are lethal.

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Re: Tyres are lethal.

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V5 -Leo that ring missed me by half a meter.To this day i remember it.Can not beleive with what force that ring came out.Scary.I remember my grandfather he was very upset
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roadrunner wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:15 pm V5 -Leo that ring missed me by half a meter.To this day i remember it.Can not beleive with what force that ring came out.Scary.I remember my grandfather he was very upset
....very happy you are still with us mate, on a farm in our district that ring caught the poor worker, almost decapitated him and he was not fortunate to continue with this wonderfull experience called life.

Think that patent is mostly discontinued and bolt-on halves are now used where beads are too tight fit.
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